Well, if the recordings were made in one of the new high-res formats like DTS HD Master Audio format you won't get it through the PS DAC3. If your Blu-ray player is a good one you can hook up either the analog multi-channel or stereo outputs directly to your preamp and get the higher resolution that way. If the Blu-ray player is not so good the PS DAC3 might still sound better but you might want to compare and see.

If the Blu-ray lacks analog outputs and only has an HDMI output then there might not be much you can do other than buying a better Blu-ray player or a digital processor that provides the new high-res formats via HDMI input. But you won't be able to get the newer formats over S/PDIF coax or TosLink optical.

Check out the Katherine Jenkins 'Believe, Live from the O2' Blu-Ray. It outputs three different audio formats. The dts audio is really outstanding. The visuals are stunning. Hope the tour comes to the US this year.

The problem is that there simply aren't many at all to suggest. The Neil Young Archives box, the Pixies box, Trent Reznor's Social Network soundtrack, the actual Inception blu-ray has an isolated score in high res on the bonus disc...that's nearly everything.

I have the inception Blu Ray, thanks for the heads up on that. I ordered The Police, live on Bluray...Obviously I, and I think you too, would probably love UFO Orb, Computerworld, Orbital 2, etc, on Bluray. Just for 2 channel awesomeness.

I think Blutech, Phutreprimitive, The Egg, and Ott sound great on my system...but there I go diverging from my own thread.

Tom Petty Blu-ray ALBUMS are Damn the Torpedoes, Mojo, and The Live Anthology. (Soundstage is indeed a concert- probably the best quality live concert I have ever seen - for SQ and picture Q - obviously you have to like the music but it is superior to anything else by a rather long way)